the power back on. aly myles, live in spartanburg. allyson: the green book spartanburg airport was not immune to yesterday's weather. the plane hit a light pole while taxing. officials say the flight to atlanta was set to take off last night, when the pilot was told to hold off on the runway because of the weather. that's when it struck the light pole. the plane made it back to the gate. nobody was injured. geoff: don't forget, when bad weather hits, you can turn to the wyff 4 mobile app. track the storms and get the latest on any closings and alerts. the app is available in your apple or andriod device's app store. coming up commitment 2016 now, , the gop candidates focused in texas as they prepare for their last debate before super tuesday. allyson: nikole killion joins us from our exclusive washington newsroom with why texas is such a big deal. nikole: texas is considered the the most delegates of any of the super tuesday states. as it plays host to tonight's debate, the gop race is now down to five candidates who will be on stage.

this one blocking the roadway. spartanburg and greenville road just about cleared here as well as churchill wrote. -- road. geoff: we are on the clock as to when this arrives and where it arrived. dale: in only got up to 31 yesterday at gsp. low 20's in north carolina. when precipitation does fall, it will stay quickly. the mountains. sleet in tennessee. when is the freezing rain going to possibly impact the upstate? let's go to meteorologist chris justus with the latest model. chris: we are tracking this freezing rain back to georgia. we have also voicedmoistened up the atmosphere. it does not pick up on drizzle very well. it will not pick up on freezing drizzle. we will continue to see that move in through midmorning. the heaviest that arrives this that -- stuff arise this evening. from travelers rest to tigerville over to greer to northern spartanburg county to the foothills in a v pattern could really see significant ice this afternoon and this evening as the cold air tries to hold on, but by midnight, everything then we d

3 upstate road crews are working to make sure the roads and highways are safe if you need to go out.we're live in spartanburg county with more. 3 good morning.... it's monday, february 15.i'm lauren elise.... 3 and i'm ben hill.. here with nicole papay and chris scott. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 we have some school closings today.. because of the winter weather.several districts in the mountains are closed.in the upstate.. cherokee, union, and all spartanburg districts are closed.you can see the full list at the bottom of your screen.. and on fox carolina dot com. 3 we should mention several districts are already out because of president's day. throughout the 3 morning, leading to slippery areas on roads. winter storm, freezing rain, and winter weather alerts are widespread across the region through late day. rain will develop in the afternoon, so conditions should improve slowly through the day. rain becomes heavy monday night. 3 let's send it over 3 to chris with traffic. 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 depending on where you live.. you coul

a lot of folks outside enjoying the mild air in spartanburg. in the upper 50s for the high. and we're still holding on to some cloud cover there. and the potential is there for us to find a few showers this afternoon. a small chance. we're tracking an area of low pressure that is associated with the same cold front that brought us all of the rain yesterday. that low is riding along that front and going to intensify later sdpont that could actually sent a few showers our way. but for now, conditions are dry, and skies had a chance to clear over the parts of the upstate. many of us still looking at a lot of high clouds. we'll be on the lookout for showers that try to move in from the northeast. after that point, that area of low pressure pushess out and our skies clear, and temperatures have a chance to really cool off. quiet weather extends back in northern california. the super bowl forecast looking great. they're going to see a lot of sunshine with temperatures in the 70s on sunday. so looking good there and not bad here either. here at home in the morning, we'll look for w

childhood..it's the storybook breakfast being put on by the spartanburg junior league.. league.. fox carolina's joe gagnon is live from the 3 the junior league of 3 spartanburg will be putting on this event..and many kids will see these legends of children's tales in person.. person.. 3 saturday, february 27, 201610am cleveland park event center choose between 5 table themes: eric carle, thomas the train, pinkalicious, dr. seuss, and pete the catwe will have face painting, music, and storybook characters!children will receive a copy of a spartanburg based book written by jls president- elect leah anderson 3 back to you.. 3 time for weather and traffic. traffic. 3 expect a sunny, breezy day for most on thursday with highs in the mid-40s to low 50s. light tennessee border snow will linger. tonight stays clear and cold with lows at freezing will be sunny and cool in the low 50s, while sunday warms into the low 60s. next week, a slight chance for showers comes monday with otherwise dry conditions through midweek, highs in the 60s, and lows in the 40s. expect a sunny, breezy day for mo

john: i am live at the spartanburg office of the girl scouts. it is that time of year. they are selling cookies. midlands covers 22 counties, from the mountains through the upstate. all the way down into lexington county, including columbia. they will be selling from february 19 through march 13, always on weekends. eight different kinds of cookies, four dollars or box. it h h been 10 years since they have gone up in price. four dollars, you can't eat that. the gluten free -- you can't beat that. the gluten-free lemonades. it is their 10th anniversary. i learned a long time ago, you never eat anything, and then do the weather. so i will hold it. this is crystal. 10 years. >> the 10 year birthday for the lemonade cookies. the girls are making a desert with the cookies. you don't have to eat them plain. layer of cheesecake pudding, lemon meringue pie, cool whip and they have crushed up cookies for the crust and the topping. there are plenty of recipes on our website. go to our website and find the cookies link and it will take you to recipes to use with girl scout cookies

childhood..it's the storybook breakfast being put on by the spartanburg junior league.. league.. fox carolina's joe gagnon is live from the leagues office with more.. 3 the junior league of this event..and many kids will see these legends of children's tales in person.. person.. 3 saturday, february 27, 201610am cleveland park event center choose between 5 table themes: eric carle, thomas the train, pinkalicious, dr. seuss, and pete the catwe will have face painting, music, and storybook characters!children will receive a copy of a spartanburg based book written by jls president- elect leah anderson you..3 3 time for weather and traffic. traffic. 3 expect a sunny, breezy day for most on thursday with highs in tennessee border snow will linger. tonight stays clear and cold with lows at freezing or below. friday and saturday will be sunny and cool in the low 50s, while sunday warms into the low 60s. next week, a slight chance for showers comes monday with otherwise dry conditions through midweek, highs in the 60s, and lows in the 40s. expect a sunny, breezy day for most on thursday

the "upstate warriors solution" is working with the spartanburg county sheriff's office... to get help ... for a veteran with mental issues... who was arrested. due to the sensitivity of their work... we've chosen ... not to name him. many people in spartanburg county filed police reports with the spartanburg county sheriff's office... after a new neighbor started hiding in the woods... and shining lights and lasers... into their homes. that man was arrested by the spartanburg county sheriff's office for trespassing the veteran needed more help. "upstate warrior solution" is now working to get this man to the v-a... and create a long-term solution: ----- 16:36:45,19 "it's what we wake up monday through friday to do, think about itatda and sunday...it'shawei awake at night thinking o.-- 17:02:16,26 "you can't keep going out there trying to band aid, it because eventually the situation will escalate." ----- if you know a veteran who needs help we've linked to the "crisis hotline" ... as well as a number for "upstate warriors"... at w-s-p-a dot-com. south carolina lawmakers are

childhood..it's the storybook breakfast being put on by the spartanburg junior league.. league.. fox carolina's joe gagnon is live from the leagues office with more.. 3 the junior league of this event..and many kids will see these legends of children's tales in person.. person.. 3 saturday, february 27, 201610am cleveland park event center choose between 5 table themes: eric carle, thomas the train, pinkalicious, dr. seuss, and pete the catwe will have face painting, music, and storybook characters!children will receive a copy of a spartanburg based book written 3 back to you.. you.. 3 expect a sunny, 3 breezy day for most on thursday with highs in the mid-40s to low 50s. light tennessee border snow will linger. tonight stays clear and cold with lows at freezing or below. friday and saturday will be sunny and cool in the low 50s, while sunday warms into the low 60s. next week, a slight chance for showers comes monday with otherwise dry conditions through midweek, highs in the 60s, and lows in the 40s. expect a sunny, breezy day for most on mid-40s to low 50s. light tennessee borde

the damage left behind. allyson: a spartanburg teenager why she donated her entirepresident barack obama is considering a republican...to replace the late supreme court geoff: madison county on a two-hour delay this morning. president obama is considering a republican to replace the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. that is according to nbc news. sources say nevada governor brian sandoval is being vetted by the white house. sandoval is a former federal judge. he's considered a moderate republican in his home state. republicans on the senate judiciary committee have said there will be no hearing on a nominee from the president. as you may recall, scalia died 11 days ago. he was 79. allyson: more talk about the guantanamo bay, cuba. senator lindsey graham joined mccain and kelly ayotte. they say the plan doesn't include any information about held and how these facilities would be operated. the senators say the president didn't include any costs associated with the plan or offer any protection for those who interrogate terro

how the spartanburg soup kitchen, has saved lives over the years. the anniversary, all new at john:today.. a pizza kitchen on carol: this is an important week in the history of an upstate charity. michael: today, a pizza kitchen on wheels helped a soup kitchen on a mission with a big celebration. carol: wyff news 4's mike mccormick, from spartanburg, all new at 6:00. >> as you all know, this is a very special week for us. reporter: this week, the spartanburg soup kitchen is celebrating 34 years. today, lil caesars, baked and boxed 120 appetizing anniversary gifts, right here, a slice of the big picture of generosity, that's fed this charity for so long. >> i think when it started, i don't think that they realized something that would last this long. reporter: an enlarged newspaper clipping on the wall, dates back to february of 1982. the soup kitchen got its start at the second presbyterian church. >> my husband did the kool-aid. reporter: mary paluszak and her husband started volunteering with the charity 19 years ago. >> we used to come in on wedn

the various colors. these are high wind warnings. spartanburg county, laurens, greenwood, clemson, all the way back into northeastern georgia, western north 45 to 50 mile-per-hour wind. the areas in yellow, including cherokee county, union county, york, chester and newberry under a tornado watch. that will continue until 7:00 tonight. as we take a look at western north carolina, we have flash flood watches in effect because of all the rain we have had. as we take a look at the latest live super doppler 4 hd and talk about thunderstorms across the area, that is the strong thunderstorm in northern york county, headed toward charlotte, down to parts of chester, fairfield county into newberry and another thunderstorm in northern pickens county, transylvania county, and more action to the west. hopefully, things will start to calm down parried strong wind at 45 to 55 miles per hour will topple more trees this afternoon. getting hit the worst right now with severe thunderstorms in parts of chester county and york county, all headed to the east and qui

county..joe gagnon is at the spartanburg d-o-t facility.. where crews are heading out to treat the roads. roads.but first.. tracking it all in the weather center.what can we expect throughout the day? 3 wintry mix will move in throughout the morning, leading to slippery areas on roads. winter storm, freezing rain, and winter weather alerts are widespread across the region through late day. rain will develop in the afternoon, so conditions should improve slowly through the day. rain becomes heavy monday night. 3 time for traffic with chris. 3 we're watching:hwy 29 @ s. 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 some schools in our area are closed, due to winter weather. most of them are in the mountains.in the upstate.. cherokee, union, and all spartanburg districts are closed.we have a full list running at the bottom of your screen.. and on fox carolina dot com. 3 you may not see a lot out your window this morning..but the winter weather could still affect your morning commute. commute.the snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected

the time. this is our spartanburg skycam, looking at gibbs field. we have the breeze out of the west making that 36 degrees feel like it is in the upper 20's. we have a few flurries along the tennessee and north carolina border. watch out for potentially slippery spots. that is why these counties are highlighted in purple. we have a winter weather advisory until 7:00 this morning . we have some icy spots on the secondary roads in the mountains. anything that melted yesterday, with temperatures dropping down into the upper 20's and low 30's, it could be icy. 32 in greenville and 37 in piedmont. in laurens, we can see 35 in greenwood. just above freezing for a good bit of the piedmont area. temperatures feel colder when you add in the 20-25 mile-per-hour wind, or even 83-13. mile-per-hour wind it feels like 27 in greenville. it feels more like teens from hendersonville to asheville. yesterday we got up to 53. today we are looking at that again. the average is 59. we are a little cooler than normal. with the exception of the stormy day when it soared up

patr the spartanburg county school is taking a big step in the fight to end childhood obesit westview elementary in spartanburg school district six got a $3300 grant from the spartanburg regional foundation. that money paid for pedometers for every student and staff member. the school will use a co program to log every step, which will be translated into miles on their goal is to visit every state capital and the trip comes with incentives. >> this is not only something that shows kids how much their exercise impacts their health, but it also brin the school together with a common goal. patrick: the pedometers will only be used during the school day. allyson:r at stone academy, second, third and got the chance to learn songwriting-from two folks who kn performers from the musical "matilda" came and taught the students about what songwriting is. one of the performers-danny tiger wrote a book teaching kids th>> anybody can be a songwriter. it is just about using your ideas in a very really, everyone has those ideas. the seventh. ricardo: i am ricardo lecompte. clemson makes the trip to

3 new at 11 3 a new portrait- is now gracing the halls- of the spartanburg county court house. it's of the first president of the united states-george washington. 3 earlier today--fox carolina's joe gagnon visited the court house--to see why one group is working to get his portrait up in *every court house across the nation. 3 3 3 3 3 hey guys it was a huge day at the spartanburg court because they put upa portrait of the states george washington inside this is part of the masons they want to be presidential portraits of washington in every courthouse and school as well. it is important for kids to learn about 3 actually in 1932 there was an order issued that a portrait of washington inevery school or class..but for whatever reason they are gone..if you want to contact about the portrait where you are or school or where you work...go to foxcarolina.com for more information...back to you.. 3 plenty still to get to in sports-- the top-5's set for the daytona 500 on sunday right here on fox carolina... we'll show you who's starting where.. 3 while college baseball season's set for

anyone with information is asked to call the police. 3 in spartanburg county-- police say they need your help identifying this woman.they say she stole from the walmart ub dorman center drive on february second.we're told the woman used a receipt she found--went in and found the items listed--then made a false return for cash.anyone with formation is asked to call the spartanburg police department at the number you see on your screen. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 friday will be sunny with highs in the mid to upper 50s area-wide. tonight, lows drop into the 30s and low 40s. clouds increase this weekend, but highs return to the 60s on saturday and sunday. 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: greenville fatal accident investigationsaluda dam rd @ oba rdconstruction work dowtown greenville falls park dr @ s. main st closed thru today 5:00pmroads closed downtown greenville todayrhett st from river st to o'neal st styou're taking a live look at 3 it's ______.what's going on joe? joe?good morning you guys.

the upstate. greenville currently at 27. spartanburg at 28. tigerville at 26. simpsonville and fountain in the upper 20 range. it will not climb much today. it may reach mid 30's later on this evening. today changes over to rain later tonight, and we will get heavy rain overnight tonight into half of tuesday. take the wind and it feels like 19 in greenville and spartanburg. dress warmly for the day. quite a bunch of colors showing up on our screen. the think area is freezing rain advisories. aviation advisories for greenville and spartanburg because of the potential of freezing rain. winter storm watches in blue for the mountains of south carolina and akoni and pickens county and across the western north carolina, a winter storm watch continues as well. winter weather advisory's, winter storm warnings for the higher elevations. two to six inches of snow before it is all said and done. some spots along the tennessee-north carolina border getting slippery this morning. of the precipitation will be in the mountains. late morning, we start to see a couple of spots w

jeter is being held at the spartanburg county detention center. a transylvania county man will stand trial on charges he killed the man who was accused of killing his son. charles o'shields is expected to and killing toby mathis back in 2011. mathis was accused of killing o'shields son in 2010 after an altercation. the 20-year-old fell from the back of a pickup truck that mathis was driving. allyson: asheville police say they've arrested a man in connection with a woman's death. 29-year-old james norton is charged with murder. police say he killed 62-year-old christina kessinger friday afternoon. norton is being held at the buncombe county detention center. geoff: spartanburg county now. where this woman, kenasha stewart is charged with filing a false police report. deputies say she told them a man with a gun robbed her in the inman area on saturday, broke her driver's side window, and took off. investigators say multiple officers and a k9 team searched for the robber. but detectives say stewart ultimately admitted to making up the story after a fi

temperatures had a chance to rebound after the snow stopped. 41 in spartanburg. we'll be down to 39 by 9:00. mid 20s in the morning. high temperatures to reach the upper 30s tomorrow. lots of sunshine but it's going to feel a lot colder than 38. bundle up right through the afternoon. here's what to expect for the next 72 bottom line here. highs in tup the upper upper 30 -- in the upper 30s for tomorrow. the other big story warming up next week back into the 50s for the high by tuesday. we could get up to 60 for a high by the end of next week. there's your mountain forecast. only up to 26 tomorrow, down to 13 tomorrow night and a high of freezing on valentine's day. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, this may joy major leaguer just made history but probably didn't strike this pose >> they don't get much bigger breaking news...we need to tell you about... just in.. two people are under arrest... charged in connection >>> just in, two people are under arrest charged in connection with the discovery of a body last month. dale mathis and daveon smith are charged >> investi

the dark. just over 3,700 people are without power in greenville. in spartanburg, 3,500. in anderson, there are over 1000 . in rutherford, also over 1000 customers without power. geoff: today will be a busy day for clean-up in the carolinas. severe weather blanketed the carolinas yesterday. really the wind that created most of the damage left behind. wyff news 4's aly myles with a look at some of the damage live from west main street in spartanburg. aly: it is still very cold and very windy this morning. the wind was so bad yesterday. it was breaking limbs and ripping roof tops from buildings. that roof has completely crushed it is hard to see where it started from the beginning. yesterday. three businesses inside it were open at the same time. an insurance agent who insures that building happened to witness the destruction. >> sitting at the stop sign, all of the sudden a gust of wind hit the roof and i watched it blow off and then a power line disconnected and sparks were jumping everywhere. aly: drivers were not safe in the wind either. a limb fell on a moving car's win

the area. look at these temperatures. continuing to drop, 28 in spartanburg and greenville, with a northeasterly wind it makes it feel like windchill of 17 in greenville, 17 in spartan. very cold temperatures. there is the high temperature, wedging all the way down across our area. the front goes by tomorrow morning, and we will have milder temperatures. a wave comes in quickly from the west. tomorrow evening. all of us could see showers mixed with snow showers tomorrow night. it heads out to see wednesday. tonight, freezing rain and rain with rising temperatures after midnight and later this evening. temperatures around freezing, but going up. tuesday, mostly sunny, milder. high 57 in the upstate. scattered showers and breezy, high 48 in the mountains. it can be mixed with wet snow tomorrow night. beautiful weather as we end the week. overall, not too bad. congratulations fay the first job of a president is to protect america. our next president must be prepared to lead. i know jeb. i know his good heart and his strong backbone. jeb will unite our country. h

geoff: the majority of them are back on in our area. in fact, spartanburg county has the most outages. duke reports fewer than 500 without power. greenville county a little over 100 people without power. wyff news 4's aly myles is live and local in greenville with some other concerns officials are having following the severe weather. aly: we are out here on west washington street. it has been shut down since wednesday night. we are a block away from the post office. i want to show you why it is shut down. you can see that utility pole leaning. both poles and the power lines will need to be replaced as a result of those strong winds. extent of the damage, it is tanking longer to restore. take a look at this video from sky 4. this is our paris mountain skycam. engineers will be working to get it back up and running. back on washington street, police say the roads will reopen once repairs have been made. right now, we have no word on when that will be completed. geoff: thank you. four people are dead and 14 others are heard after a mass shooting in south-centr

so they got this massive ballroom at the spartanburg marriott. we will be in there in just a short minute. i've been told it holds about 1500 people. be ready if you're coming down here, by the way. there are going to be a lot of people in the hallways, at the restaurant, at the bar, unit. coming up at 7:00, the polls will be closing. we will take a look back at how donald trump got to this point over the last eight months since he announced his run for the whitee house back on june 16. that is coming up at 7:00. michael, acarol? michael: the dancing has only started. marco rubio finishes up his campaign and colunga tonight. carol: wyff news 4 tim waller is live and local in columbia. tim: well, a meta-place called carolina haven. -- i'm at a place called carolina haven. if you haven't heard of it, it's a great big tailgating area for those wanting to tailgate for the carolina gamecocks. tonight of course, this will be ground zero for the marco rubio primary celebration. the last time we saw a rubio was last night, at least in the upstate, when he

the upstate. carol: in spartanburg county, more than 600 people are without power. in greenville county more than , 150 people are in the dark. michael: pickens county fewer than 30 are without power. download the wyff news 4 app for the latest on power outages. commitment 2016. five republican presidential candidates on the stage in houston, and it was almost all about donald trump. carol: the gop front-runner taking shots, and dishing them out. marco rubio and ted cruz trying their best to slow trump's momentum. all five candidates took part in tonight's debate. michael: sally kidd has more from our exclusive washington newsroom. sally: fiery exchanges between marco rubio taking off the gloves and aggressively going after donald trump the first time. senator rubio: you are the only person who has ever been fined for hiring people illegally. mr. trump: i am the only one that has hired people. sally: candidates clashing over immigration. senator cruz: when i was leading the fight against the gang of eight, where was donald? he was firing dennis rodman on "celebrity a

he is at the girl scouts office in spartanburg for the launch of cookies. he is shaking his head, because he wants cookies. john: i'll -- i told the producer, gabrielle and nigel, rerely, i have to go see the girl scouts and see those delicious cookies. give me a different assignment. yeah, right. that is why i am here. we will talk cookies later. first, the weather. nice in spartanburg through the upstate, seasonably cool plenty of sunshine. a few high, thin clouds streaming and, but don't expect to see, you could see plenty of the temperature has warmed into the mid 50's, where we should be. low 50's in the mountains, pretty close to where it should be. except for the northern mountains. boone, pretty chilly in the low 40's. early next week, the jet stream will take a dive into the deep south. there is a low that will track off, now the key is, where does the logo? the track is critical on what we end up getting. snow or rain? with this system, it does not look like freezing rain like this past monday. it will either be rain or snow. right now, it looks l

he's set to be at the spartanburg marriott at 7:00 p.m. senator ted cruz is set to hold a campaign event tomorrow at the anderson civic center. that event will last an hour, jeb bush has a new tactic for winning over voters, his brother. former president george w. bush is campaigning with his brother in north charleston today. jeb started his campaign trying to distance himself from his family name, but has been embracing them more and more in the past few weeks. his mother, barbara, stumped for him in new hampshire. some harshly personal exchanges over immigration and foreign policy marked the republican debate saturday night. the gop hopefuls also insisted that president barack obama step aside and let his successor nominate the next supreme court justice following the death of antonin scalia. in washington, d.c., following the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia, a major battle brews. scalia's body arrived in virginia today after being discovered at a west texas resort ranch over the weekend. he died of natural causes. an hour

. >> he campaignee for votes at the spartanburg marriott downtown, 7 news reporter spoke with rubio during the rally, here with more on what he had had to say. >>reporter: front t runner donald trump walked away with an impressive win in new hampshire, last night, kasich followed closely. and then it was kind of a tight race between cruz, jeb bush, and rubio, for third. even though rubio still finished in the top five, he wasn't afraid to admit that he's disappointed with that. he's pretty sure he knows why the voters didn't seem to be there. >> marco rubio. >>reporter: before he walked in to hear the roar of this spartanburg rally, florida senator marco rubio had a humble moment with media. saying he's disappointed in himself, after a weak performance in the last gop >> probably cost us a couple thought votes of undecides at the last home. so that was on me. that won't happen again. >>reporter: after the debate, critics called rubio robotic. >> we're here to see marco robot, is he inside. >>reporter: several robots followed rubio, taunting him in spartanburg. >> we thought the robots coul

have to check with the any are still available. 3 and doctor ben carson is scheduled to be at the spartanburg marriot at seven tonight on north church street. we'll let you know if any of because of the weather. weather.several other republican candidates will be making stops across the state down to six.the south carolina primary is this saturday. saturday.and three democrats will be on the south carolina primary ticket when voters head to the polls on the 27th. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 wintry mix will move in throughout the morning, leading to slippery areas on roads. winter storm, freezing rain, and winter weather alerts are widespread across the region through late day. rain will develop in the afternoon, so conditions should improve slowly through the day. rain becomes heavy monday night. 3 now to chris 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** accidents or delay this morning. watching for winter weather on the way. way. 3 you're taking a live look at 3 3 3 live look at 3 3 it's ______.coming up, several people stuck-- 40

for greenville tomorrow, temperatures warm into the upper 40's. in spartanburg, partly to mostly cloudy, rain showers mixed with flurries late in the day. we will top out near 50 degrees by 3:00. in anderson, partly to mostly cloudy, 40 seven degrees at noon, 49 by 3:00. in asheville, clouds increase as the day goes on. it will be cold, 43 degrees at 3:00. after that, tememratures plummet. the cold air rushes in, and any rain that is falling will start to become snowfall. the snow will pick up into the evening hours for areas in asheville and north. it will be cold tomorrow, especially in the mountains is the air goes down the mountains. rain showers across the upstate, but as the cold air rushes in, we could see a few flurries late many of the upstate, it will not be a big deal. there goes the coastal low. it will say goodbye to the carolinas. then we turn our attention to the northwest. look at this. by 2:30 tomorrow, our models shows snow in the mountains. rain showers in the upstate. look at all that. it will continue to move through as we go through the eve

we begin with the donald trump headquarters in spartanburg county. hundreds, literally hundred had to be turned away at the door. carol: the second straight victory for the real estate mogul after his second-place finish in new hampshire. patrick hussion is live in spartanburg with more. patrick: i am here at the spartanburg marrrrtt. you mentioned hundreds outside the door, but there were over 1000 in the bar and the parking lot. the 1500 people that got to come inside -- we have reaction from them. they were watching the coverage. they knew exactly when donald trump was projected to the winter. take a listen. so there's the big cheer, the big moment. it did not take long. i mentioned a second ago, it kicks into another gear. suddenly donald trump was walking on stage. he had an entire family behind him, as we've seen in the past. he even congratulated marco rubio and ted cruz. he had this to say. mr. trump: if a couple of the other candidates dropped out -- if you added their scores together, it's going to equal trump's. [booing] these geniuses -- t

he is speaking at 7:00 at the spartanburg marriott at the 714 revival. bill clinton will be in greenville tomorrow, and painting for hillary clinton. the rally will take place at the west and community center downtown. doors open at 12:15. for a full list of campaign >> the next president should pick the next supreme court justice. michael: lawmakers react to justice scalia's sudden-death. john: here is the leading edge of moderate to very heavy rainfall moving quickly in our direction. with temperatures below freezing across the northern and central looking at major icewith the weekend death of carol: with the weekend death of supreme court justice antonin scalia, the court now faces the remainder of this term with only eight members. it's been more than 50 years since the court was in this position. his death leaves the possibility of a 4-4 tie on some major upcoming decisions. in greenwood today for a ted cruz campaign event. he spoke about the impact of scalia's death on the election. >> you saw it was the first topic of debate the other night. it's

the roads. in asheville, here is spartanburg street. watch for patches of black ice this morning and we will keep you updated on the spots. take a look outside the hilton-greenville skycam. pretty foggy look out there. some blue lights, so be careful. troopers are investigating at least three deadly wrecks last night because of the conditions. geoff: one of those on north pleasantburg drive and villa road. officials say a police officer was working the scene when his cruiser was hit by another car. were taken to the hospital with injuries. one person died at the scene. the other deadly wreck involving head-on collision with the tow truck. a woman was killed a network around 9:30 last night on verdae boulevard in greenville. the woman died at the hospital and her name has not been released. allyson: don't forget, you can get everything about the winter weather all in one place, the wyff 4 mobile app. there you will find updated weather forecasts, latest closings and delays and radar. it's free in the app store of your apple or android sma

also jim gilmore will be at the beacon in spartanburg. we're expecting to hear more from other candidates as we head into the south carolina primaries next saturday. we'll bring you live coverage of todays events on our website at fox-carolina-dot-com. 3 ((take vo))last night in new hampshire...the outsider candidatescame out on top... bernie sanders...the self proclaimed democratic socialist...and donald trump....`the controversial frontfrunner for the g-o-p both winning the nation's first primary. the two lost in iowa last week...but their wins were expected in new hampshire due to high poll numbers there. now three major presidential contenders turn 3 3 3 i love you 3 all, thank you, new hampshire. we are going now to south carolina. we're gonna win in south carolina." carolina."let me tell you why. let me tell you why that will never happen again. it's not about me. it's not about this campaign... it is about this election." election."now i want to congratulate donald trump on an impressive win tonight. and john kasich had 3 a good nig

the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 good morning, joe-- joe-- 3 an upstate college dance team makes their debut tonight. we're live in spartanburg with a preview. upstate-- 3 you're watching the morning ins in effect until 845 am est for northwestern oconee county... at 817 am est...doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capableof producing a tornado. this dangerous storm was located 8 miles southeast of tallulah gorge statepark...moving northeast at 55 mph.locations impacted include... walhalla...oconee state park...long creek and mountain rest.precautionary/pr eparedness actions...a strong tornado is likely developing. abandon mobile homes. seek immediate shelter in an interior room on the lowest level of a houseor office and walls between you andthe outside as possible.3 ...a tornado warning remains in effect until 845 am est for northwestern oconee county... at 817 am est...doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capableof producing a tornado. this dangerous storm was located 8 milesnorth of toccoa...or 6 gorge statepark...moving northeast at 55 mph.locations impacted include... walhalla...oconee state park...lo

running the program... in spartanburg and cherokee counties. diane lee... met with the head of the non-profit... to figure out if there's a solution: ----- waiting in line for public assistance isn't unheard of. but what about waiting outside in the dark for hours just to make an appointment.:"it was really cold, it was like 20 degrees outside, especially that day, you know it's night time. "and you were out there for how long?" "2 and a half one of the lucky ones. but anyone past the 10th place in line is turned away. that's the story each morning outside of the spartanburg center where the non-profit gleamns is running the heating assistance, or liheap program for spartanburg and cherokee counties.: "it was horrible, because they wouldn't see me, they turned me away, i mean, and a lady with her child, everybody got turned away just about." we took that concern to gleamns ceo dr. joseph patton. :" "so is that something you might look to change?" "it's something i promise you we'll look at and make some adjustments there, and try to make adjustments for the

the oldest black family owned business in spartanburg >>> new at 6:00, the oldest black family owned business in spartanburg, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. this is a funeral home that has served the community for through two world war, the great depression and 17 presidents. >> generations of around the clock service has given the j.w. woodward funeral home a long life. >> $22 casket, and a full funeral was $36. fulfilling a need in spartanburg's black community. >> at the time, my grandfather was a farmer so the funeral profession was not on the but he agreed and we have been serving since sen. >> kay woodward is the third of five generations who have worked at the funeral home for the past century. >> there are days i feel like i've been here all 100. >>reporter: a business that has no weekends or holidays. but her daughter tells us it's in their blood. >> i was in the gifted and talented program in elementary school and one of my flowcharts that i constructed was the em bombing process. >> really? >> so, yes, that did not seem strange to me and my teacher at the t

senator marco rubio will be stumping at the spartanburg marriott beginning at noon. 3 senator ted cruz will address voters at the summit point convention center in spartanburg at 4 p-m. p-m.and republican front runner donald trump will also be in town...rallying at clemson university tonight at 7 pm. we're expecting to hear more from other candidates as we head into the south carolina primaries next saturday. we'll bring you live coverage of todays events on our website at fox-carolina-dot-com. 3 ((take vo))last night in new hampshire...the outsider candidatescame out on top... bernie sandnds...the self proclaimed democratic socialist...and donald trump....`the controversial frontfrunner for the g-o-p both winning the nation's first primary. the two lost in iowa last week...but their wins were expected in new hampshire due to high poll numbers there. now three major presidential contenders turn their sights to south carolina... 3 3 3 i love you 3 all, thank you, new hampshire. we are going now to south carolina. we're gonna win in carolina."let me tell you why. let me tell you why that

that will bring in a cool night for us, but not too bad. 38 the low in spartanburg. 37 in laurens. sunshine. we warm-up more than we had today by about 5-6 degrees. middle 50's in greenville by the afternoon. invertebrate, expect sunshine -- in spartanburg, expect sunshine and middle 50's. 53 by lunchtime, 56 by 4:00. in asheville, a cooler day in the upper 40's. but warmer than we had today with partly cloudy skies. it's going to be cooler in the northerly breeze. it keeps the mountains cool. as the wind travels down the mountains, the air compresses, it heats, and it dries out. we expect sunshine in the upstate with slilitly warmer compressing went. -- compressing wind. change for all of us. it's going to get cold this upcoming work week starting tuesday. it's going to be frigid. highs only in the 30's. here is the system showing up on future plus. it is going to graze the with its cold enough in the carolinas, it's going to fall as snowfall. as we had throughout the morning tomorrow, some of that snow expanding into areas like wilmington. i would not even be surprised if myrtle b

and then go to "the beacon" in spartanburg ... in the afternoon. in less than 2 hours...the democratic candidates..."hillary clinton" and "bernie sanders"...will go head-to-head in another debate tonight at the "university of wisconsin milwaukee". it's the first debate since "sanders" big win in new hampshire... "clinton" is looking to get her campaign back on track ... the next primary challenge for both is in nevada on the 20th primary on the 27th... remember...you'll see the republican presidential debate...from downtown greenville... right here... only on "7 news" and c-b-s... saturday night... at 9 o'clock. our special coverage that night...will start at -7-...as our crews follow the candidates... at the "peace center." we'll also have complete coverage...after the debate. the spartanburg county sheriff's office says your tips have led to an arrest in an armed robbery and they need your help finding another suspect. it happened around -10- ...on the night of... january 31st .... at scotchman convenience store on north blackstock road. investig

that's between the exit for highway 290 and highway 129 in spartanburg county. the road work will continue through sunday afternoon. drivers should expect delays and are encouraged to take another route if they can. michael: this may have you dusting off old comic books in the basement. how much would you pay for a comic book featuring spider man? one person just shelled out more the book is from 1962 and features the first appearance of spiderman. this is a record price for any public auction of a spiderman comic book. the man who sold the comic says he first bought it for #1200. carol: and it sold for 12 cents at the time. out west, visitors at yosemite national park are having fiery tricks played on their eyes. this is called a firewall. it looks like fire flowing off a cliff. but there are no actual flames here. park rangers say it's an optical illusion caused by the sun glowing through a waterfall. >> now your live super dave she forecast. -- live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: you continue to see clouds streaming in from the north. the winds in

spartanburg. for development has to go through another reading. michael: by the way, downtown spartanburg already has close to 320 residential units. almomo all of them are full. >> now, your live super doppler john: cold front pressing across the area right now. showers and thunderstorms lined up along the front. nothing strong or severe, not expecting anything stronger severe. the live super doppler shows showers continuing with brief heavy rain across the area. we will zoom in and take a closer look at western north carolina. here is rain making it's way east-northeast. heavier rain around forest city and rutherfordton back to north of ricin city in northern slaton county into southern cleveland county. now, in northern spartanburg county, moving into gaffney, get ready gaffney and blacksburg very heavy rain, maybe a couple that's a thunder. -- claps of thunder. possible thunderstorm in molden and hit -- mauldin and simpsonville. a third of an inch in anderson, 2/10 of an inch at the asheville airport. cloudy skies, low clouds and fog and drizzle, live shot it

michael: how is the crowd at the spartanburg marriot. patrick: i have been pushed off of the main floor at this point. we will work on that. i have been told that ououide right now there are more than

myra: we spoke to the spartanburg county voter registration and elections director, who says if you meet the qualifications to vote early because you can't be at the polls saturday, minute. do what these ladies are doing. they are here on a monday, casting their ballots. >> please, please, please make sure that the folks don't wait until the last minute to change their address, or to find their voting location. myra: director henry laye says voters showing up at the wrong polling site was a common problem during the republican primary. ultimately, it kept sergeant janelle martucci from casting a ballot. she first showed up at the wrong site, and then sped her way to the correct one, where she was told it was too late to vote. >> i pointed to them, and told them, it's two til 7:00. the polls don't officially close until 7:00. >> your watch doesn't determine when the polls open and close. it's up to the clerk, who is in charge at each of the polling locations, to make an announcement at 7:00 p.m., the polls are closed. myra: sergeant martucci says, as a military member who just happened to

that ice could possibly be on the roads, so be careful. an accident in spartanburg on whitney road and north church road. the road closure in piedmont on emily lane at grove creek drive. keep that in mind. interstate looking good. speed limit drives. let's see how we look on i-385. picking up around woodruff road. turning to commitment 2016, the focus is on south carolina as candidates continue to look for your vote. geoff: that includes gop front runner donald trump who was boasting about his poll numbers in the palmetto state. he averages a 16 point lead and announced an endorsement in pendleton. former chair of the south behind the candidate. former governor jeb bush will host a meet and greet tomorrow in anderson. it's set to be at 11:15 a.m. at mama penn's restaurant on north main street. this is video from his town hall event yesterday in mount pleasant. by the looks of things, he went to church on ash wednesday. allyson: marco rubio will be at southside christian school in simpsonville today. this after visiting spartanburg yesterday. it was a packed ballroom

the director says there will be a community meeting wednesday morning, at the spartanburg chamber of commerce, the animal park hopes to raise a half million dollars to stay open. leaders will give plans on how they'll move forward, and they want to hear your input. >> spartanburg city council is development at tonight's meeting, council will transfer some property on fulton avenue to a nonprofit group that is working to revitalize the area. it will also transfer land on raleigh street for transitional housing to help the homeless. >>> a georgia father a accused of leaving his son in a hot car to die is back in court, the judge trying to decide which evidence is admissible. he left his 22-month-old son in the hot car for hours while he was at work in 2014 t. attorney calls it an accident. saying he forgot to drop off his son at day care, but warrants say harris went back to his car for lunch and left his son in the car. >>> next on 7 news live at five, deep in debt, hear just how much the average person in south carolina owes, straight ahead. >>> good evening, i'm amy wood, torjts we'r

senator marco rubio will be stumping at the spartanburg marriott beginning at noon. 3 senator ted cruz will address voters at the summit point convention center in spartanburg at 4 p-m. p-m.and republican front runner donald trump will also be in town...rallying at clemson university tonight at 7 pm. we're expecting to hear more from other candidates as we head into the south carolina primaries next saturday. we'll bring you live coverage of todays events on our website at fox-carolina-dot-com. com.3 last night in new hampshire... the outsider candidatescame out on top...bernie sanders... the self proclaimed democratic socialist...and donald trump....`the controversial frontfrunner for the g-o-p both winning the nation's first primary. the two lost in iowa last week...but their wins were expected in new numbers there. now three major presidential contenders turn their sights to south carolina...3 3 3 i love you all, thank you, new hampshire. we are going now to south carolina. we're gonna win in south carolina." carolina."let me tell you why. let me tell you why that will never happen

>>reporter: this is what the supreme been waiting for in spartanburg, the line is back up. many of the houses here on the street do have lek tris tis tye back. duke -- electricity back. a lot of the outages are been sporadic, a house here and a working hard across the upstate. back to you guys. >> laura, for the people who are the still waiting, what can you tell them about how the crews prioritize where to hit first? >>reporter: diane, we looked into this, they say it's about the critical infrastructure, they want to make sure that places like hospitals and government buildings have the power back on first, and then they look at the neighborhoods that have the most people without power. and then they go through and prioritize that way. >> all right. still a mess out there. laura thomas, thank you tonight. >>> we're also asking what's the longest you've ever been without power? if you head over to wspa.com, or go to the facebook page, we'd love to hear froowla t results tonight at 5:30. >>> losing power is leas of the problems for some places, up and down the east coast. se

the area. michael: nearly 70 in spartanburg in anderson. the fatal accident happened on north pleasant berg and villa road after 7:30. patrick hussion's life and local there. patrick: 209 accidents. you said it. it feels as if, now, these two cars are going by now, but able are getting the message. this road, three 85, has been quiet for the last 10 minutes. patrol is currently processing the scene still off the shoulder of 385 going into greenville. it is under investigation. two pedestrians were hit when they exited their car earlier, around 7:30. they were knocked over the wall, down onto villa road. one fatality confirmed, the other taken to the hospital. 385 headed out of greenville is still open. thankfully, we are not seeing a lot of cars. 385 headed into greenville, closed. the rain has all but stopped. it is drizzling. still, very cold and slippery on roads. michael and carol, back to you. carol: a deadly accident at villa road and 380 five. another deadly wreck in greenville county, the coroner truck on verdae boulevard. the woman'

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